The fundamentalist Christians I have been in contact with all had the same problem of not being able to connect with other people. They did not know how to pick up on common communication cues. In short, they could not form meaningful relationships with other people. Nor could they process ...
The moral teachings of Jesus thus become optional thus fundamentalists believe they are saved and their personal conduct, no matter how un-Christian, is forgiven. This "faith alone" nonsense is salvation for nothing. They construct God in their own image....
Throughout the history of religions in the world, fundamentalists have existed. There were fundamentalists in Judaism during the time of Christ. There are fundamentalists in Islam and Hindu today. Christianity, even, has fundamentalists.
I remember a popular fundamentalist preacher in a family conference joking about this: “Where are you going?” Answer: “Out.” Where is “out”? Especially Gen Z think “out” is an appropriate amount of freedom for girls. “Just be careful!” Part of feminism and women’s rights is ...
Catholicism has never had an easy time of it in the United States, a country steeped in Christianity but more in its Protestant and various Fundamentalist and Evangelical strains. As late as 1960, for example, there was great suspicion as to whether or not a Catholic elected to the ...
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Many Fundamentalists believe, for instance, that more people died under the Inquisition than in any war or plague; but in this they rely on phony “statistics” generated by one-upmanship among anti-Catholics, each of whom, it seems, tries to come up with the largest number of casualties....
Today, an Islamicist usually refers to a scholar of Islamic studies. The term has, however, had various focuses over decades. It can also refer to a supporter of an Islamic revivalist or an Islamic fundamentalist. Answer and Explanation: ...
Fundamentalist Christians, for example, tend to buy into a very rigid notion of the faith and a very literalist reading of scripture, so you might expect them to be more likely to accept rigid hierarchy, a strongman leader and blind obeisance to authority. Christian nationalism also elevates ...
I began studying the Spanish Civil War, which was a demonstration of how right-wing fundamentalist fascists had destroyed a democracy and ushered in 40 years of fascism. After the war, Franco’s forces took over the government and executed over 250,000 liberals. I read a book written in Sp...